Ticket stamping and printing machine



C. MANSHEL.

'ridi-:ET summa AND PRINTING MACHNB ff; 7,1923. y 1.463.829

L Filed Sept. 9, 1922 l25 Shee's-Shet 2 l l1 U 5. j Tx/ENGR.

Chafres 7mm/H5715@ Aug. 7, 1923. 1,463,829

c. MANsHEL TICKET STAMPING AND PRINTING MACHINE Filad Sept. 9, 1922 25 Sheets-Sheet 3 IN V EN TOR. Choufbe s Jnnm' 57|. el,

Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

"UNITED Y STATES PATENT FFICE.

1 TmKETpSTMPiIG ND PRINTING MACHINE.

appncauon inea september e, 1922. serial No. 587,137.

` To all whom it may concern Y. it appertains to make' and use the same, rei- Yerence beingha'd to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part oi'this specification. l

"Tliis invention relates, generally, to a ticket stamping` or printing machine'gland theiiivention has reference, more particularly, to a lmachine of simple construction` for us'ein ticket'oiiices for printing portraits of the? purchasers upon railroad tickets, and for similar' uses. Y

Vt has long been desired by railroad companies to provide passenger tickets, especitlly commutation tickets and the like, with a` means inA connection with theI ticket itseli1 whereby the holder of tfheisame maybe readily and quickly l identiiied" as therightful original purchaser of the saine. To this end railroad companies have required commuters' to furnish` photographs of themselves I from tvhichcopies were made and pasted or similarly affixed tothe tickets issued t0 them. Frequently the' photographs so aiiixed would tear oli'forv become so mutilated* as to-be unrecognizable, and consequently the purpose tliey'ivere' intended' to fullill was not served. A nee'd has therefore arisen for a more permarient1 method of applying such photograp to the tickets. uchu need would be serve by' printing thepliotograph directly upon' the surface-l of the ticket, provided a convenient and simple means was provided, suitable for installation in localV ticket oiiiccs and? capableV of being easily operated by the ticket' agents Without necessityoi exercising any great amount ofmechanical skill either inthe actuation or thelcare thereof.V

Itis therefore" the objectpotfthis invention te provide' aV simple undY easily actuated stamping or'printiiigniechanism which will serve the purposes above indicated.

Other objectsot the invention, not at this time more particularly' enumerated, will be clearly'understood from the following de'- tailed description of the same.

a With the various objects of this invention m view, the same consists, primarily, in the novel stamping or printing machine hereinafter set forth; and the invention; consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the variousv devices and parts, as Well as in the details of the construction ot' the same, allr of Whicli will be hereinafter more fully described inthe following specification, and then finally embodied in the claims appended thereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ot the novel stamping or printing machines made according to and embodying the principles of this invention; Figure 2 is a verticali longitudinal cross section through said machine, taken on line Z-2`in said Figure 1; Figure 3 is a front eleva-tion of the machine iliustrating the operation of the' type-plate inking means; Figure 4s is a similar front elevation illustrating the operation of the stamp or impresser member in the act of printing; Figure 5 is a detail horizontal section, taken on line 5;-5 in Figure 1, showing the ink carrying or' feed rollers; Figure 6 is a detail horizontal section, taken on line 6-6 in Figure 1, showing theA ink transfer rollcrs'and the` carriagek therefor; and Figure 7 is a detail vertical transverse section, taken on lineT--T in Figure 2, showing the type-plate gripping devices of the stamp or im resser member.

imilar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corres ending parts.

Referring now to sai draWin the reference-character l() indicates a suitable base, erctendingV upwardly fromY which is a guidef'rame 1T. Said guide-frame 11 is provided With a vertical guide-way 12, and ad jacent to the base 10 with a horizontal uideway 13. The upper end of said guide- I'ame 11 is provided with a hearing portion 14, in which is mounted, for rotaL tion therein, a shaft 15. Fixed on the for- Ward endV of said shaft 15, inr front of said guide-frame is ai-stamp actuating cam 16, adapted to be rotated by said Shaft. Pretei-ablyV said cam is provided oneachl side with a cam-groove' 17l Vertically re-V ciprooable in said vertical guide-Way 12T is a stamp or impresser bar 18': The upper end of said stamp orY impresser bar 18 isy cutaway to provide a cam-Way 19, which permits said upper end of said stamp or im: presser bar 18 to straddle the perimeter of said cam 16. Suitably affixed to the opposite walls oi said cam-way 19 are inwardly projecting studs 20 and 21 upon which are mounted anti-frictional rollers 22 and 23, which in turn are respectively operatively engaged in the respective cam-grooves 17 at the opposite sides of said cam 1G, all whereby said stamp or iinpresser bar 18 is related to said cam 16 so as to be reciproeated by the rotation thereof. Connected with the lower end of said stamp or impresser bar 18 is a stamp-foot 24 to the underside of which may be detachably aflixed the` half-tone printing plate 25 or other type element, by means of which the desired picture is to be stamped or printed on a ticket. In order to furnish a means for quickly and easily attaching interchangeable printing plates 25 to said stamp-foot 24, the former are provided at their respective sides with lips 26 of reduced thickness. Secured upon one side of said stamp-foot, in fixed relation thereto, is a clip-plate 27 having a downwardly spaced inwardly projecting retaining lip 28. Secured upon the opposite side of said stamp-foot 24, is a downwardly extending spring-plate 29, the lower end of which is formed to provide a releasable clip-plate 30, also having a downwardly spaced inwardly projecting retaining lip 31. The spring tension of said spring-plate 29 normally tends to swing the lower end of the same outwardly away from the side of said stamp-foot, to move said clip-plate 30 and its retaining lip 31 to released position. as shown by the dotted representation of said parts in Figure 7. Said normal tension of the spring-plate is overcome by a pull-spring 32 which is suitably attached to a finger-piece 33 connected with the clip-plate 30 to extend inwardly through a transverse opening 34 provided in said stamp-foot, the opposite end of said spring :32 being suitably Ianchored by any convenient means. As shown in Figure 7, the printing-plate 25, when in attached relation to the stamp-foot 24. has its lips 26 respectively engaged by the respective retaining lips 28 and 31 of the respective clip-plates 27 and 30, whereby the printing plate is securely held against the underside of said stamp-foot and operatively coupled therewith. lWhen it is desired to remove one printing-plate and interchange the same for another. the finger-piece 33 is pulled outwardly. whereby the pull of spring 32 upon the spring-plate 29 is relaxed, thus permitting` the normal tension of the latter to swing outwardly the clip-plate 30 to thereby remove the retaining finger 3, from engagement with the one lip 26 of the printing plate, whereupon the opposite lip of the latter may be withdrawn from the embrace of the retaining lip 28 of the opposite clipplate 27. A reversal of such operation is carried out in coupling the new printingplate to the stamp-foot. i

Secured upon the u per surface of said base 10, in front of said guide-frame 11 and vertically alined beneath said stamp-foot 24, is a platen blgck '35. This platen block 35 is pre fcrably made of a more or less resilient or yieldable material, such as rubber, leather or the like. The ticket 36, which is to be stamped or printed, is laid across the top of said base 10 to extend over said platenblock 35. Suitable vertical gauge pins 37 are fixed in said base 10 to gauge the position of the ticket, and at one end of the base 10 is fixed a stop-clip 38, which holds the ticket against endwise movement. Fixed upon said guide-frame to extend forwardly over the base 10, and suitably spaced upwardly therefrom, are retaining fingers 39 under which the ticket is engaged, to further aid in properly holding the ticket against movement during the stamping or printing operation.

Mounted in connection with said guidevframe 11, at one side of said stamp or impresser bar 18, is an ink carrying or feedin means, the same comprising a main in carrying roll 40, the rearward end of the shaft t1 of which is journaled in said guidei'rame, while the. forward end of said shaft is journaled in a depending outwardly oil'- set bearing arm 42 of a bearing clip 43 affixed to the guide-frame. Secured upon the rearward end of said shaft il is a sprocket wheel 4A, which is driven by a chain 1 5 running from a drive sprocket '-16 fixed on said main shaft 15, all so as to rotate said ink carrying roll 40. Mounted at one side of said ink carrying roll so asI to rotate in contact with the surface thereof is an ink spreadin roll 4:7 suitably journaled between sai guide-frame 11 and a seco-nd depending outwardly offset bearing arm 48 connected with said bearing clip 43. ln order to assure a proper spreading and distribution of the ink upon the entire surface of said carrying roll 40, and also to assure a thorough even feeding of the same to ink transfer rolls to be subsequently described, means are provided to longitudinally reciprocate said carrying roll 40 during and in addition to its rotative movement. The means for producing such longitudinal reciprocations comprises a cam projection -19 fixed to the inner end of said carrying roll, which is adapted to cooperate with a fixed stud 50 projecting outwardly from the guide-frame 11. Spring means, such as the springs 51 or equivalent devices, are provided to thrust the roll 40 endwise in an inward direction so as to maintain the cam-projection 49 in constant operative relation to the stud 50. From an inspection the cams, as to be eflicientlyautomatic, all ofi-Which renders the same ideal for use in ticket offices and for similar uses having in view the stamping or printing of `desired matter. i .i

As will also be number ofp-rinting plates maybe employed,

the same beingfreadily and'qniclily interchangeable relative to the stampffoot by the actuation of the simple yet efficient coupling means provided for ,the 'purposew Y I ain aware thatV Sonie changes -may be made in they construction of stamp-ing or printing apparatus above described Without departingr from the scopejoff the invention as set forth in theabove'specification and as defined in the claims; Hence, I do not limit my invention to the inertial-rangements and combinations of the various devicesI and parts as described in the saidspeciiication, nor do I confine myseif to theexact details of the constructionof the various. partons illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

l. A device ofthe kind described" cour prising a supporting frame, an imp-ressenbar vertically reciproci-able on said;iraniev a'igxed yieldable platen block vertically `alined bef neathsaid impresser bar; means for detachahly coupling a printing, plateon the ,lower end of said impresser bar, a shaft journaled in said framemeans for rotating said shaft, a rotary ink carrying. frollg..transmission means between saidca'rrying roll and 4said shaft` a slide-blocky horizontally recipro- 4cable on said frame, a spring pressed pivoted yoke frame connected withV said slide-block, ink transfermeansmounted on said yoke frame to normally engages-said carrying roll, a leverqmechanism for Yreciprocating said slide-block,` and cam de- V-vices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said' lever mechanism and said fini presser bar in timed relation Wherebysaid slide block is moved to engage ysaid inl: transfer means with a printing. plateiixd on said impresser bar. inadvance of nthe operative stroke of thellatter,` i

2. A device of the kind` described, coniprising,r a base, a guide frame having'a vertical guideway andra horizontal guideivay; interseeting the lower end of said `vertical guideway, `an impresserbar verticaliv ciprocable in said vertical guideavay, means for detachably coupling a printing plete with said impresser banlink transfer means transversely reciprocable in said horizontal guideway, a rotatable shaft journaled in the upper end of saidvguide frame, cam devices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said ink `transfer means fand said impresser bar in timed relation whereby said ink transfer means is actuated l,to operatively engageY a printin plate on said impresser bar in advance o the operative roll, journaled in fixed position t0 one side off-said impresser harwith which said ink transfer means isrinitialgly engaged, transi y i 1i. i i mission meansdriven from said Shaft to understood any desired rotate said carrying roll, aV spreader, `roll tangentto said ink-carrying roll,fand means imparting l a longitudinal reciprocating movement to said'carrying roll relative to said spreader roll i `3. A device of the kind described, comp rising a base; a guide frame having a vertical guideway and a horizontal guide- Way intersecting the lower cnd of said vertical gnideway, an impresser bar reciprocable in said vertical guidevvay, means for detaohahly coupling a printing plateto-the lower end of said impresscr bar, a yieldable platen block lon said base alined be4 neath said impresser bar, a rotatable shaft journalegd in the upper end of said guide frame, an impresser bar actuating cam rotated byrfsaid shaftg ink transfer means reci proczible in said horizontal guidevvay, a bell-cranlrlcver fulcrumed on said guideframe, means interconnecting the lower end of said lever with said ink-transfer means, an ink transfer means actuating cam rotated by said shaftto operatively engage the upper endroitA said lever, the active por tion of said latter can] operating in advance of the active portion of said impresser bar actuatingcanii rotatable inkmarrying roll journaled in fixed `position to one side of said impresser barE with which said ink transfer means is initially engaged, transmission means driven from said shaft to rotate said carrying roll, a spreader roll tangent to said `ink-carrying: roll, and means imparting a llongitudinal reciprocating movement toss-id 4carrying roll relative to saids reader roll. Y

y el. il' device ofthe kind describechconiprising abase liavinga guide frame extending upwardlytherefrom, a vertically reci )rocable printing element mounted on sait. guide frame, a transversely reciprocable ink transfer means mounted on said guide frame, a rotatable shaft journaled in the upper end .of said guide framm cam devices on said shaftyrespectively adapted to actunte said printing;leement and said ink transfer Ineansin timed relation whereby said ink transfer means vis `operatively moved relative `to said printing eleineiitin advance of the operative stroke lof the latter1y and a rotatable ink-carrying roll journaled in said guide frame With Which said ink transfer means is initially engaged, and transmission means driven from said shaft to rotate said carrying roll.

TAvdeviceof the-kind described, comprisingya, base having a guide frame eX- tending `upwardly therefrom,V a vertically reciprocable printing element mounted on said guide frame, a transversely reciprocable ink transfer means mounted on said guide frame, a rotatable shaft journaled in the upper end of said guide `frame, cam devices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said printing element and said inli transfer means in timed relation whereby said ink transfer means is operatively moved relative to said printing element in advance of the operative stroke of the latter, a rotatable ink-carrying roll journaled in said guide frame with which said ink transfer means is initially engaged, transmission means driven from said shaft to rotate said carrying roll, a spreader roll tangent to said ink-carrying roll, and means imparting a longitudinal reciprocating movement to said carrying roll relative to said spreader.

6. A device of the kind described, comprising a base having a guide frame extending upwardly therefrom, a vertically reciprocable printing element mounted on said guide-frame, a yieldable platen, block fixed on saidbase beneath said printing element, a slide-block transversely recipro` cable on said guide-frame, a spring pressed pivoted yoke-frame mounted on said slideblock, ink transfer rolls journaled in the free end of said yoke-frame, a beli-cranlt lever fulcrumed on said guide-frame, means interconnectingr the lower end of said ievcr With said slide-block, a shaft journaled in the upper end of said guide-frame, cam devices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said printing element and said bell-crank lever, said cam devices being set on said shaft in timing relation whereby said slide-block is reciprocated in advance of the reciprocation of said printing ele` ment, and ink supply means with which said ink transfer rolls are initially engaged.

7. A device of the kind described, coniprising a base having a guide frame extending upwardly therefrom, a vertically reciprocable printingr element mounted on said guide-frame, a yieldable platen-block xed on said base beneath said printing element, a slide-block transversely recipro` cable on said guide-frame, a spring pressed pivoted yoke-frame mounted on said slideblock, ink transfer rolls journaled in the free end of said yoke-frame, a bell-crank lever fulcrumed on said guide-frame, means interconnecting the lower end of said lever with said slide-block, a shaft journaled in the upper end of said guide-frame, cam devices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said printing element and said bellcrank lever, said cam devices being set on said shaft in timing relation whereby said slide-block is reciprocated in advance of the reciprocation of said printing element, a rotatable ink-carrying roll journaled in said guide-frame with which said inl: transfer rolls are initially engaged, and transmission means dri-ven from said shaft to rotate said carrying roll.

8. A device of the kind described. comprising a base having a guide frame extending upwardly therefrom, a vertically reciprocable printing element mounted on said guide-frame, a yieldable platen-block fixed on said base beneath said printing element, a slide-block transversely reciprocable on said guide-frame, a spring pressed pivoted yoke-frame mounted on said slide-block, ink transfer rolls journaled in the `free end of said yoke-frame, a bell-crank lever fulcrumed on said guide-frame, means interconnecting the lower end of Said lever with said slide-block, a shaft journaled in the upper end of said guide-frame, cam devices on said shaft respectively adapted to actuate said printing element and said bellcrank lever, said cam devices being set on said shaft in timing relation whereby said slide-block is reciprocated in advance of the reciprocation of said printing element, a rotatable ink-carrying roll journaled in said guide-frame with which said ink transfer rolls are initially engaged, transmission means driven from said shaft to rotate said carrying roll, a spreader roll tangent to said ink-carrying roll, and means imparting a longitudinal reciprocating movement to said carrying roll relative to said spreader.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this Tth day of September, 1922.

CHARLES MANSHEL.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, Eva E. DEsoH. 

